Natural variability of benthic species composition in the Delaware Bay

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-115

  Billheimer, Dean ^a   Cardoso, Tamre ^b   Freeman, Elizabeth ^b   Guttorp, Peter ^b   Ko, Hiu Wan ^b,c   Silkey, Mariabeth ^b  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Washington State Government   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Biological monitoring; Spatial model; State space model

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMONITORING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATURAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

USA, DELAWARE, DELAWARE BAY;

EID: 0030748902     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018514226420     Document Type: Article

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